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Vol. 22, No. 23 Week of June 04, 2017
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Chukchi pressures suggest hydrocarbons

Overpressures at depth in Chukchi Sea wells indicate hydrocarbon generation below the Brookian sequence, BOEM scientists think

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News

Abnormally high downhole pressures in four of the five exploration wells drilled in the Chukchi Sea between 1989 and 1991 indicate hydrocarbon generation in the subsurface, Kristin Elowe from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management told the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Pacific Section’....

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Evaluating the pressures

Overpressure in four wells

Hydrocarbon trap


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